Banking on our love and madness for board games, Saloni Shukla decided to get the audiences hysterical, shrieking and playing detective with her new play, Clue. An original Peter DePietro’s script, Shukla, instantaneously took to the concept — “While I was looking for a few children’s play subjects, I found his play, which is based on the board game Cluedo. His was a version for an adult audience, which I adapted to a format suitable for kids as well. The idea of playing a game while watching a play was exciting.”

The cast of the play rehearsing at Prithvi Theatre. Pics/Atul Kamble

The play should be an edge-of-your-seat experience, as the audience will have the potential to unfold any of the 216 possibilities as per the cards. “At the start of the game, three audience members step onto the stage and pull out three cards that determine the Suspect, Weapon and Room responsible for the murder. During the play, actors reveal different clues and after every clue is revealed, house lights come on for a bit; then, the audience members need to mark these clues on a clue sheet given to them on entry,” shares the young director.